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Interviews

Haifaa Al Mansour: ‘It’s amazing to shape art in Saudi Arabia’

by Fatima Sheriff

The Sau­di Ara­bi­an icon­o­clast details the tribu­la­tions of mak­ing The Per­fect Candidate.
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Review

The Perfect Candidate

by Ella Kemp

Haifaa Al Mansour’s lat­est sees female doc­tor chal­lenge Sau­di Ara­bi­an social norms by run­ning for local election.

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In Retrospect
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Incoming

Saudi Arabia is building a movie economy from the ground up

by Charles Bramesco

The country’s new­ly announced mul­ti-bil­lion dol­lar film pro­gram has glob­al implications.
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Review

A Hologram for the King

by Henry Heffer

Tom Han­ks plays a genial holo­gram sales­man(!) who packs off to Sau­di Ara­bia for a voy­age of per­son­al discovery.

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In Retrospect
A woman in a leather jacket stands next to a colourful, decorated bicycle.
Review

Wadjda

by Rebecca Ellis

A teen girl yearns for a new bike in this ground­break­ing, deeply mov­ing com­e­dy-dra­ma from Sau­di Arabia.

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In Retrospect